Offsite International Hazmat Awareness Operator
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Our five-day, hazardous materials course comprises of and fully satisfies both the awareness and operator modules from the NFPA 1072 standard for Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Emergency Response Personnel Professional Qualifications.
During the course, learners will be taught the basic hazards and risk assessment techniques associated with Hazmat and CBRNE environments as well as the skills needed to evaluate and work defensively at an incident suspecting or confirmed to have released hazardous materials.
On successful completion of the course, learners will be able to:
Identify hazardous materials containers
Recognise sources of hazardous materials response information
Identify types of hazardous materials
Identify properties of hazardous materials
Understand behaviours of hazardous materials
Use the Emergency Response Handbook effectively
Employee response planning for hazardous materials incidents techniques
Initiate a response to a hazardous materials incident
Correctly ‘don and doff’ personal protective equipment
Demonstrate decontamination operations
Demonstrate absorption, damming, diking, dilution, diversion and retention product control techniques
Preform remote valve shutoff, vapour dispersion and vapour suppression product control techniques.
This course is designed for emergency response personnel who may be first on the scene of a hazardous materials emergency and who will be tasked with protecting people, the environment or property in the affected area.
Learners are assessed against the learning outcomes throughout, using practical observation, which is underpinned by technical and practical skill assessments.
The written and skills testing must receive a passing score in order to receive a Pro Board certificate.
For further information or to make a booking on this course please contact the Business Development Team on 01608 812984 or email sales@fireservicecollege.ac.uk
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